Buying an M3 Coupe on Sat , advice please

[mccltd]

Buying an M3 Coupe E46 on saturday 10 month old.
Want some nice lovely wheels for it.

Any recommendations where to get them?

wesite etc where you can put them on a car would be nice.

Cheers,
DAve.

PS,, how do i know what version of the nav cd I have

[badapple]

Are you after original bmw or replica? I'd be very wary of putting replica's on a new M3. It would probably end in Also, depends which you want. I think main dealers want £2000 for the 19's. Otherwise try & get the latest peformance bmw mag, there are loads of places in there. Could try www.motorforce.co.uk/ or often www.findit.co.uk/cars/bmw/parts.htm has M3 wheels. Hope you enjoy the car anyway.

>> Edited by badapple on Wednesday 2nd April 01:02

[Olly2000]

The BMW 19"s are the way to go - see if you can haggle with a dealer on them. Check out www.bm3w.co.uk for more indepth M3 information...

...which I see you already are a visitor to - DOH!

>> Edited by Olly2000 on Wednesday 2nd April 08:33

[rocket]

There's a set of 19"s recently appeared for sale here on P'heads..
www.pistonheads.com/ads/detail.asp?i=9005&sc=EPSA&s=132

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[alex33]

DON'T put aftermarket alloys on an M...they make the car too Max-Poweree and detract from the car's classic status.Go for the 19s.

[bennno]

Agreed after market alloys on a m3 are in very bad taste, both the 18 & 19" rims are superb looking!

Bennno

[sohlman]

In My opinion if you want some nice wheels, but want to be a little diferent from everyone else get some nice Hartge classic Wheels in an 18, 19 or even 20" split rims. They are not cheap, but are well suited to the car as they are BMW specific from this German Tuner. Much nicer than Schnitzer or Alpina's. Contact Autobahn on 01953 717156 or Birds in Uxbridge which are the official tuner in the UK for Hartge. They can be contacted on 01895 810850 or www.birds.uk.com. Hope this is of help

>> Edited by sohlman on Thursday 3rd April 20:12

[Zod]

Does it not have wheels already?

The BMW 18" or 19" wheels would be best, but they are very expensive.

[mccltd]

thanks for all your replies, I am loking around at the moment.
On another note any of you got an M3 who can answer me a question about a noise from the rear?

[getcarter]

yep... a very quiet 84 db at 2/3 revs at .5 metre... get you onto any circuit in the UK without stress.

Last time I had a noise test the bloke just said... "pathetic"

(Wish all my cars were that quiet!)

>> Edited by getcarter on Monday 21st April 16:08